The High Court has convicted the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, for unlawfully assigning mineral rights without the requisite approval and deliberately facilitating illegal mining activities at his mining concession in...
The Coordinator of Eco-Conscious Citizens, Awula Serwah, has sharply criticised the government’s decision not to sanction Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) implicated in the collection of levies from illegal mining operators, describing the move as wholly unacceptable.
Her comments follow the government’s position...
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has recorded another major breakthrough in its sustained campaign against illegal mining, following the arrest of four armed suspects at an illicit mining site in Anbanzie, within the Nzema East District of the Western Region.
The intelligence-driven operation...
